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WRITING A NARRATIVE

A.- PLAN

PARAGRAPH 1

Introduction: Where and When did the story take place? Who were thecharacters?, Why were they there?, What were they doing? What washappening around them?

• (HERE YOU WILL MAINLY USE PAST SIMPLE, PAST ONTINUOUS AN!

MAY"E SOME PAST PER#ET$

PARAGRAPH %"od&' ▪ Explain the main events in the order they happened. What didthe characters do?

How did they feel?

• ▪ What problem(s did they have? Why? How did they feel?

• (HERE YOU WILL MAINLY USE PAST SIMPLE AN! SOME PASTPER#ET$

PARAGRAPH Outco)*: What happened in the end? How was the problem solved?

How did the characters feel? (HERE YOU WILL MAINLY USE PAST SIMPLE$

".- TENSES AN! USE#UL LANGUAGE

NARRATIVE TENSESW* u+u& u+* +t t*n+*+ /0*n /ritin nrrti2* t*3t' PAST SIMPLE Two years ago Tom met a very attractive woman.

PASTONTINUOUS

I was speaking to Mary when suddenly somebodyshouted.

PASTPER#ET

I had just bought the present when Tom phoned me.

TENSES TYPIAL TIME E4PRESSIONS

PAST SIMPLE

When (cuando), Last year, etc. (el año pasado), ive years ago,!(hace cinco años), etc

PASTONTINUOUS

While (mientras "ue), when, as

PASTPER#ET

#lready (ya), $ver (alguna ve%), or ( durante), &ust(acabar de), 'ever (nunca), ince(desde), et (todav*a),



#+ter, e+ore, y the time, etc

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TIMELIN5ERS

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-esa+ortunadamente

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Exercise 1:Put the verbs into the correct form A. My little brother _____________(eat) all of the cake that I __________________(make).B. The waitress ____________(buy) a ish that we _____________________(!ot " orer) .#. $ast !i%ht I __________(ca!) %et i! because I_____________________(for%et) my keys.&. 'he! we _____________(arrie) at the statio! the trai!_____________________(%o).E. They ___________(!ot hae) a!y mo!ey because they______________(*ay) all the bills.

+. 'e ________(hae) a bi% *arty because we___________________(*ass) all our exams.,. I _________(%et) to the ci!ema at -./ but fortu!ately the film______________(!ot start) .0. I ___________(be) exhauste because I________________(stuy) too much.

Exercise :Put the Past Simple or the Past Perfect.1. 'he! their mum _______________(come) home last !i%ht the chilre!_______________ (eat) their i!!er.. 2esteray I _______________(see) a woma! who _______________(be) at school withmy %ra!father. Is!3t it stra!%e4

. It starte to rai! a! I _______________(remember) that I _______________(for%et)toclose my beroom wi!ow.5. I _______________(fi!) a book that I ______!eer ______________(rea)6. 'e _______________(try) to cha!%e the *la!e tickets but it was too late they ______ alreay ___________(eit) the boari!% *ass.-. I _______________(thi!k) I _______________(met) this %irl before.

Exercise :Fill the gaps with the verb in brackets using the Past Perfect or Past Simple.1. By the time we _________(%et) to the ci!ema the film _____________(start) so we

misse the first fie mi!utes.



. 'he! I ra!% the bell there was !o a!swer. The !ei%hbour ___________(tell) me that they __________________(%o) about half a! hour a%o.. I ___________(see)7ew 2ork for the first time last !i%ht. I __________________(!ot see)it before.5. There was so much to see i! $o!o!. I ___________________(*la!) to see a lot of thi!%sbut there __________(!ot be) e!ou%h time. I3ll hae to come back.6. If she _______________________(take) my aice it woul!3t hae ha**e!e.-. 'e woul!3t hae ha a! ar%ume!t if they _______________(!ot me!tio!) *olitics.8. If you _______________(!ot *ark) there you woul!3t hae %ot a *arki!% fi!e.9. oh! ___________(tell) me he _______________(buy) a !ew car.;. 'he! we ___________(arrie) i! Irela! the airli!e com*a!y _______________(lose) our lu%%a%e so we ____________(hae) to wait two ays to %et it back. +ortu!ately theyeliere it to the hotel.

Exercise 5:#ircle the correct a!swers:1. I didn't recognize/ hadn't recognized <ue because she cut / had cut her hair.

. I arrived / had arrived at the sho* at -.56 but it alreay closed / had already close.. &ai didn't play / hadn't played the match because he hurt / had hurt his le%.5. 'he! I looked / had looked eerywhere for my car keys I started / had started to *a!ic.6. 'he! he had finished / finished his i!!er he sat down / had sat down to watch T=.-. It was / had been a film I didn't see / hadn't seen before.EE!"#SE $%&sing the words in parentheses complete the te(t below with the appropriate tense )PastSimple or Past"ontinuous*$ast !i%ht while I (o) __________________ my homework A!%ela (call) __________________.<he sai she (call) __________________ me o! her cell *ho!e from her biolo%y classroom at >#$A.I (ask) __________________ her if she (wait) __________________ for class but she sai that the

*rofessor was at the fro!t of the hall lecturi!% while she (talk) __________________ to me. I coul!3tbeliee she (make) __________________ a *ho!e call uri!% the lecture. I aske what was %oi!% o!.<he sai her biolo%y *rofessor was so bori!% that seeral of the stue!ts (slee*)_________________ i! class. <ome of the stue!ts (talk) __________________ about their *la!s for the weeke! a! thestue!t !ext to her (raw) __________________ a *icture of a horse. 'he! A!%ela (tell) __________________ me she was !ot satisfie with the class I (me!tio!) __________________ thatmy biolo%y *rofessor was ?uite %oo a! (su%%est) __________________ that she switch to myclass. 'hile we (talk) __________________ I (hear) __________________ her *rofessor yell @Missare you maki!% a *ho!e call4@ <ue!ly the li!e we!t ea. I (ha!%) __________________ u* the*ho!e a! we!t to the kitche! to make i!!er. As I (cut) __________________ e%etables for asala the *ho!e (ri!%) __________________ o!ce a%ai!. It (be) __________________ A!%ela butthis time she was!3t sitti!% i! class

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